MESSAGE
| DATE | 2004-01-14 |
| FROM | Adam Kosmin
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Non FOSS and Fedora
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Count me in. I've been trying to get ahold of you.....
Adam
Ruben Safir (ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com) wrote:
"
" Are you going with us to Lake Placid at the end of the month?
"
" Ruben
"
" On 2004.01.12 21:55 akbar wrote:
" >
" > Oh the dichotomy!!!
" >
" > ::akbar
" >
" > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
" >
" > Red Hat Reiterates Commitment to Open Source
" >
" > By Bhavika Jhaveri
" > Mumbai, January 12, 2004
" >
" > Red Hat, the Linux company, is not unduly worried by Novell's recent
" > acquisition of SuSe Linux.
" >
" > Javed Tapia, director, Red Hat India, said, "Attractive markets attract
" > new players. We expect these moves. It simply validates the enormous
" > customer interest and market opportunity in open source technology, and
" > the progress Red Hat has achieved as the industry leader."
" >
" >
" >
" >
" > According to the company, Novell sells 99 percent of its software the
" > old-fashioned way - it's proprietary technology. "So now they are
" > testing the waters. Putting a foot in both camps," observed Tapia.
" >
" > ?It looks like they might attempt a challenging feat, which nobody has
" > been able to accomplish: build a hybrid company that works. On top of
" > that, they face the typical integration challenges that have distracted
" > so many companies in the past," added Tapia.
" >
" > Red Hat doesn't see any urgency to reinvent its business strategy. Its
" > vision is to go well beyond an open source by building a complete
" > computing architecture based 100 percent on the open source model. Tapia
" > explained, ?At the end of the day, that unwavering commitment to open
" > source distinguishes us from Novell and will make a huge difference to
" > customers and partners.'
" >
" > According to Red Hat India, the company holds 95 percent of the market
" > share in the Linux space and an estimated over 10 percent in the server
" > market.
" >
" >
" > On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 04:51, Adam Kosmin wrote:
" > > Greetings,
" > >
" > > I couldn't help but notice Thomas Chung's tutorials up on fedoranews.org
" > > which describe how to install Acrobat Reader, Helix, and Macromedia
" > > Flash.
" > >
" > > In light of The Fedora Project's #2 objective being "Build the operating
" > > system exclusively from open source software.", I must pose this
" > > question to the list:
" > >
" > > Is it appropriate to encourage people to install non-FOSS software on
" > > Fedora?
" > >
" > >
" > > Best,
" > >
" > > Adam Kosmin
" > > WindowsRefund.net
" > >
" >
" >
" >
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